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2.5-dev play through
Jon_dArc:
--- Quote from: rodo on May 22, 2012, 03:26:28 pm ---So the PB is a close range weapon now?, that's good to know, always though of it as a close range weapon as well.
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SMG-range close, not shotgun/flamethrower-range close. But yeah.
--- Quote ---And I agree with your perception about the EM rifle, it feels more like close range weapon. I know I use it like that in my campaigns.
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In 2.4 I really felt like the EMR was a battle rifle for shooting through walls. It's gone full sniper now, though.
~J
rodo:
--- Quote from: Jon_dArc on May 22, 2012, 03:47:23 pm ---In 2.4 I really felt like the EMR was a battle rifle for shooting through walls. It's gone full sniper now, though.
~J
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I don't know why, but my soldiers keep missing with it 80% of the times any shot 7 squares away with it, so I figured I would use it as a close combat weapon.
The piercing property makes it an ideal weapon to shoot through walls, I tend to send one assault as a spotter and an EM rifle guy together right to the nearest building in the map, then I just get the spotter to see if there's a target near a wall, position my EM guy right beside it on the other side of the wall and blast it to hell with a 3 shot.
Another good way to save your soliders a head ache when assaulting a harvester is to use the IR googles to check out where are the aliens standing (they usually hide on the engine part), then I just shoot through the floor with the EM rifle.
Piece of cake.
That.... should probably be fixored...maybe. I don't know, making the IR google not able to go through alien structures or making the EM not pierce the alien structures (if it's not intentional of course).
Jon_dArc:
The best fix would probably be improving the alien AI so it doesn't cluster in the overhang in a miserable attempt to get at the humans.
2.4 EMR wasn't particularly accurate, but damage was high with a good damage type, so you didn't need to land many hits. I didn't have as much difficulty as you hitting things, but either way it's different now.
~J
ShipIt:
--- Quote from: Crystan on May 22, 2012, 03:29:28 pm ---Yeah we all love these kind of pc problems... Really annoying and difficult to find out whats causing the problem. What kind of symptoms do you have?
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Thanks to everyone for the kind words.
Actually it looks like the main board was the source of the problems. Maybe it was damaged when my old graphic card went crazy, who knows. Might have been the other way around. System works without the graphic card, but the onboard graphic is messed up, too. Only stars ´n stripes. Two of the RAMs are down. I will need to build a new system. Might take some time.
Worst thing is actually looking down at a 15" laptop screen instead of two 26" panels.
rodo:
Ouch.
Strange that it all died together like that, power surge maybe?.
Anyways, hope you get a good replacement soon.
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